Narratives + Opinions – Page 88

Outside the Box: I wish I didn’t know

Today’s post is from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. Content note: child abuse, domestic violence, marital rape Nostalgia is defined as a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The memories of childhood often evoke feelings of longing for a time whenContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: I wish I didn’t know”

Outside the Box: Butterfly support group

Laura blogs over at Laura’s Light. This post was originally posted on her blog on January 22, 2016. I feel so lonely. And… I don’t know what to do. Does a butterfly feel lonely in the cocoon? Or does it have butterfly conversion support group meetings? I don’t know. But I wish I had them.ContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: Butterfly support group”

Outside the Box: Where we’ve been, where we are

Looking at it now, it all seems so simple…The rest of the world was black and whiteBut we were in screaming color… – Out of the Woods, Taylor Swift We can breathe again, out here in the open. Drink in the lemonade sunlight because each one of us has faced so, so much dark. RightContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: Where we’ve been, where we are”

Injustice, suffering and The Stoning of Soraya M.

I have serious thoughts this time of year even though I didn’t grow up in a tradition that celebrated Lent. I also have this bad habit of watching disturbing historical films and getting emotionally overwhelmed. A couple of years ago, I watched The Stoning of Soraya M. over winter break. My roommates had just leftContinueContinue reading “Injustice, suffering and The Stoning of Soraya M.”

Minimalism. Simplicity. Calm.

I come from a family of clutterbugs. Or maybe you could call us memory hoarders. We save everything. We love antiques and scrapbooks. My dad’s parents got married at the start of the Great Depression. My two elderly aunts, both born in the 1930s, remember World War II rations and home gardening. Frugality was necessaryContinueContinue reading “Minimalism. Simplicity. Calm.”